OWS isn't a Relevant Movement to Change Society and May Hurt Us More then It Helps Us

[CTyankee]

191. "One manifesto, and make it snappy!"

(ok, I'm sorry, that was snarky I admit...)

I think the deal is this: we have been forced to look at the complexity of Income Inequality. Have you noticed how people are talking about the 99% and the 1% that was never mentioned before last September when OWS made its moves? It's in the political arena now because OWS put a face on it (or at least no one had framed it that way before). It's the focus of the next election for POTUS. It is the paradigm of the biggest problem facing our country today. It has propelled people like Elizabeth Warren to reclaim Ted Kennedy's seat (and place in progressive Democratic policies).

Polls show that Americans by far want the focus of our leaders to be on Income Inequality rather than the federal deficit, no matter how many times the Right Wing tries to re-frame the issue. Americans want a fairer tax code. They want the rich to pay their fair share. One straight up piece of legislation will not cut it. It has to be addressed in myriad venues.

I truly believe that OWS was inevitable and good can come out of it.